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America still needs John Prine
On a blustery winter day in early 1969, around the time of Richard Nixon’s first inauguration, John Prine worked his route as a mailman, delivering endless copies of Reader’s Digest across the Chicago...
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CUFF stuff
The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. I’ve had business cards only once in my career thus far,...
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Chicago indie-rock godparents Eleventh Dream Day dig into their 90s archives
Eleventh Dream Day Wed 10/21 at the Hideout The post Chicago indie-rock godparents Eleventh Dream Day dig into their 90s archives appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Garage rockers the Bobby Lees reemerge with the nu-metal–infused New Self
The Bobby Lees Thu 10/22 at Lincoln Hall The post Garage rockers the Bobby Lees reemerge with the nu-metal–infused New Self appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Wordplay
“if- if- if-" through 10/31 at the Plan The post Wordplay appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Digger
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest epic comedy Digger, starring Tom Cruise as the demented oilman Digger Rockwell, is not for everyone. It’s puerile, operatic, and pretty indelicate in its critiques...
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Black Bear Island puts a supernatural twist on the “man or bear” debate
Black Bear Island, through 10/17, Bramble Theatre Company at Bramble Arts Loft The post <i>Black Bear Island</i> puts a supernatural twist on the “man or bear” debate appeared first on...
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a sweet treat
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, through 10/25, Young People's Theatre of Chicago at the Greenhouse Theater Center The post <i>If You Give a Mouse a Cookie</i> is a sweet treat appeared first...
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Automated license plate readers, explained
Whether in or outside law enforcement, the spread of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology raises alarms around privacy, data security, and public safety. It also begs the question of how...
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I Am the Wind is an engaging foray into the great nothing
I Am the Wind, through 11/1 at Theatre Y The post <i>I Am the Wind</i> is an engaging foray into the great nothing appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Chopin in Winter remembers a vanished Chicago
Chopin in Winter, through 10/18 at the Chopin Theatre The post <i>Chopin in Winter</i> remembers a vanished Chicago appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Bonnie’s Last Flight is a fanciful look at fate, friendship, and air travel
Bonnie's Last Flight, through 10/25 at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble The post <i>Bonnie’s Last Flight</i> is a fanciful look at fate, friendship, and air travel appeared first on Chicago...
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Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’
“Prison Papers" through 10/15 at Walls Turned Sideways The post Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’ appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Review: Primetime
Much of the buzz around Primetime, documentarian Lance Oppenheim’s narrative feature debut, centers on Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of Chris Hansen, 2000s stalwart and host of To Catch a Predator. And...
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Digable Planets celebrate 30 years of the immortal Black opus Blowout Comb
Digable Planets Sun 10/18 at Metro The post Digable Planets celebrate 30 years of the immortal Black opus <i>Blowout Comb</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Feds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions
Federal authorities tapped into a network of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and surveillance cameras operated by Chicagoland police while trying—ultimately unsuccessfully—to prosecute Marimar...
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Indiana power poppers Wishy rock the party on their second LP, Nature’s Pill
Wishy Tue 10/27 at Lincoln Hall The post Indiana power poppers Wishy rock the party on their second LP, <i>Nature’s Pill</i> appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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Say goodbye to the old yams, and hello to the new, when Dozzy’s Grill returns...
In the depth of the pandemic Dozzy Ibekwe found hope in a yam. “I was incubating Dozzy’s Grill at [the former] Retreat at Currency Exchange Cafe in Washington Park. Across the street was a U. Chicago...
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A landmark Bruce LaBruce retrospective is coming to Facets
The end of Bruce LaBruce’s Hustler White (1996) makes me cry. The film is a half-fictionalized, half-cinema verité journey through the annals of Los Angeles’s male hustling and kink communities with...
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UK laptop-twee duo Bassvictim summon strange delights by going to opposite...
Bassvictim Thu 10/22 at Radius The post UK laptop-twee duo Bassvictim summon strange delights by going to opposite extremes appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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